Please find attached the
extracts of para-9.2.19 on the above Report on ‘Gazetted and Restricted
Holidays. The Commission has expressed opinion that the present system
is working well and has recommended status-quo.

2. It is requested that your
comments in this matter may please be provided to this Department,
preferably, by 05.02.2016, so that a view can be taken.

Yours faithfully
sd/-
(G.Srinivasan)
Deputy Secretary to Government of India

Implementation of the recommendations of the 7th CPC – Meeting of Nodal officers of various Departments will be held on 2.2.2016

Meeting of Nodal officers of various Departments – implementation of the recommendations of the 7th CPC – Issues on way ahead

F.No.1-1/2016- ICGovernment of IndiaMinistry of FinanceDepartment of Expenditure

New Delhi, 29.1.2016

Meeting Notice

Subject : Meeting of Nodal officers of
various Departments – implementation of the recommendations of the 7th
CPC – Issues on way ahead.

In order to process the recommendations
of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the Cabinet has approved setting up
of an Empowered Committee of Secretaries chaired by the Cabinet
Secretary. Accordingly, the ECOS has been set up as per this Ministry’s
OM No.1-4/2015/EIII-A dt. 27.1.2016 (copy placed on the website of this
Ministry, viz, www.finmin.nic.in).

2. As provided in the said OM dt.
27.1.2016, the Implementation Cell created in this Ministry shall work
as the Secretariat for the ECOS.

3. This Ministry has already requested
all the Ministries/Departments vide DO letter No.1-4/2015/EIII.A dt.
21.11.2015 from JS(Pers) addressed to all the Secretaries to nominate a
nodal officer at the level of a Joint Secretary to interact with the
Implementation Cell during the curse of processing of the
recommendations of the 7th CPC.

4. Accordingly, Joint Secretary
(Implementation Cell) shall take a meeting of all the Nodal Officers of
the Ministries/Departments on 2.2.2016 at 11 .00 a.m. in Conference Hall
(R. No. 72), North Block, New Delhi to discuss the relevant issues in
connection with the processing of the recommendations of the 7th CPC and
to concretise the points of action pertaining to all the
Ministries/Departments in general and also in regard to specific issues
concerning individual Ministries/Departments with a view to enabling an
effective, holistic and quicker processing of the recommendations of the
7th CPC and for submission of the matter before the ECOS.

5. As this is the first meeting of the
Nodal Officers to formulate the action points on the way ahead on
processing of the recommendations of the 7th CPC, it is requested that
the concerned nodal officers may kindly make it
convenient to attend the meeting.

sd-
(Amar Nath Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

To
All the nodal officers of Ministries/Departments, as per list attached.

The All-India CPI-IW for December, 2015 decreased by I point and pegged at 269
(two hundred and sixty nine). On 1-month percentage change, it
decreased by (-) 0.37 per cent between November and December, 2015 which
was static between the same two months a year ago.

The year-on-year inflation
measured by monthly CPI-IW stood at 6.32 per cent for December, 2015 as
compared to 6.72 per cent for the previous month and 5.86 per cent
during the corresponding month of the previous year. Similarly, the Food
inflation stood at 7.94 per cent against 7.86 per cent of the previous
month and 5.73 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous
year.

At centre level, Ludhiana
reported the maximum decrease of 7 points followed by Ahmedabad and
Rourkela (6 points each), Tripura, Varanasi, Lucknow and Kodarma
(5points each). Among others, 4 points decrease was observed in 9
centres, 3 points in 4 centres, 2 points in 11 centres and 1 point in 12
centres. On the contrary, Quilon recorded a highest increase of 7
points followed by Warangal (4 points), and Rangapara-Tezpur, Chhindwara
and Mundakkayam (3 points each). Among others, 2 points increase was
observed in 5 centres and 1 point in 9 centres. Rest of the 16 centres’
indices remained stationary.

The indices of 37 centres are
above All-India Index and other 40 centres’ indices are below national
average. The index of Jabalpur centre remained at par with All-India
Index.

The next issue of CPI-IW for the
month of January, 2016 will be released on Monday, 29th February, 2016.
The same will also be available on the office website
www.labourbureaunew.gov.in.

Instructions for processing foreign
visits of officers of the Government of India for approval of Screening
Committee of Secretaries (SCoS)

Clarification on revised comprehensive guidelines/instructions on foreign visit by officers of Government of India

No. 4(4)/E.Coord/2015
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure

North Block, New Delhi.
Dated 25th January, 2016.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Instructions for
processing foreign visits of officers of the Government of India for
approval of Screening Committee of Secretaries (SCoS).

This Department has been
receiving references seeking clarification on certain issues with
reference to this Department’s OM of even number dated 05-01-2016 on the
above subject. Accordingly the following clarification is issued

a) Approval of SCoS is not
required in case of foreign visits of upto Joint Secretary level
officers as part of foreign training component, Mid-Career Training
Programme (MCTP) or any other training, irrespective of number of
members and days”.

b) The provision of seeking
approval of Cabinet Secretary for condoning delay in submission of
proposals sent less than 15 days before the date of departure of
delegation has been done away with.

c) Calculation of number of foreign visits in respect of any officer will be with reference to calendar year.